![]() ![]() Most are slowly moving toward the Video for Linux API (V4L2), but even that has its challenges. Each manufacturer "just rolled their own decoding API," Gutman told Ars, with most being poorly documented and some even conflicting with other binaries from the same vendor. In Apple's view, Gutman surmised, remotely connecting to Steam through a Moonlight client could have violated 4.2.7(d), involving "a store-like interface" or "the ability to browse, select, or purchase software." Removing that tile from the iOS client got Moonlight back on the store.īy comparison, the challenges of getting Moonlight working on Raspberry Pi, Rockchip, Amlogic, i.MX, Tegra, and other SoC-based devices are more straightforward, if arcane. The team had to intuit that the issue was Moonlight's inclusion of a default app to connect to, Steam. Gutman said his team went back and forth with Apple and was once told that Moonlight simply wouldn't be allowed. Then came App Store Review Guideline 4.2.7 for Remote Desktop Clients. Because setting up GameStream or Moonlight requires on-screen PIN verification between server and client, Gutman had to "write relay software that would fake a completely insecure server that didn't require pairing and would stream to any client that asked it." Early on, Apple would accept a video of Moonlight streaming to verify its functions, but reviewers eventually wanted to test the app themselves. The iOS client, meanwhile, is beset by an entirely different (but not unfamiliar) problem: App Store review. You can read about some of the most notable nightmares in Moonlight Android's decoder-errata.txt file, like how the HEVC decoder in the Tegra X1 inside the Pixel C can lag on certain streams, but the same Tegra X1 inside the 2019 Shield TV does not. Like many Apple app store games, you can see how your scores fair against local players around you as well as top scores from the day, week or all time.Android's ecosystem, Gutman wrote, is "full of nightmarishly broken hardware decoders." Some devices based on system-on-chips (SoCs) require manual fix-ups of their video bitstream in order to output frames "without hundreds of milliseconds of latency." Those same fix-ups can increase latency or fail entirely. Can’t admire the neon lines for too long, need to keep moving…a lot! Level 10 and up against the first end of level boss. Picking up a glowing blue icon freezes the aliens craft for a brief moment allowing you to unleash hell….or take a breather.įor fans of the sub-genre, Parsec also contains lots of ‘bullet hell’ moments, although it’s very difficult to illustrate with a screenshot as i get shot to quickly before i’ve taken one. Some of these including rapid fire, decrease/increase ship size, double and triple shot…plus combinations of these. Likewise, many weapon upgrades, shields and other power ups can be collected too. It works really well for this type of game and your ships responds perfectly to your movement including those (frequent) times that you need to be quick to get the hell out of tight spots.Īs you shoot down the alien craft, items such as point multipliers are dropped and if collected can increase your score x2 and x3. Your weapons fire automatically so there’s no need to mash the screen. Here’s the first of the 20 odd action packed levels.Ĭontrol of your ship is via touchscreen by moving your finger left or right. It made me smile at the subtle additions like the 80’s high score counter sound FX and pixelised text font that’s been used. I’d hazard a guess that they are fans of so many Atari classics. The designers of this game have got the retro homage to classic vector games absolutely spot on. Here’s where it all starts, a simple menu giving you access to high scores and various game options including the ability to play your own tunes whilst in game – I’m thinking Xenon II ‘Megablast’ here. My friend wasn’t wrong, this is one hellava good old school shooter that looks and sounds absolutely brilliant. The name of the game is called Parsec (not to be confused with th TI99a classic) and is available for both iPad and iPhone (with an Android version to follow soon). Can’t put it down, need sleep, one more go! A friend of mine recommended this latest iPad game to me knowing that I was a fan of vector based arcade games and the MB Vectrex console.Īliens waves coming at you thick n fast, bullets flying everywhere all in stunningly lit neon vector graphics. ![]()
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